0263. GOD’S ALCHEMY

GOD’S ALCHEMY.

"The Lord thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the Lord thy God loved thee" (Deu_23:5).

1. This verse is exceedingly comforting to us.

2. It may be that we have things in our lives that might be counted a curse.

a. In our families, b. Businesses, c. Bodies.

3. And we cry to God day and night to take them away, and He does not.

4. But He will do something better-transform them into blessings.

5. He is always doing that, i.e., curse of labour: "Come hither, ye that press your beds of down and sleep not; see him sweating o’er his bread before he eats it. ‘Tis the primal curse. But softened into mercy; made the pledge of cheerful days, and nights without a groan" (Cowper).

6. Look at Paul’s thorn! See how God, by grace, made it a blessing to him!

7. Old alchemists could not do this. Why He does this: Love.

Autor: James Smith